Bettiah, India, May 28 2014: Fifteen-year-old Nasreen Jehan, a student in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, proudly flaunts a yellow and red beaded bracelet encircling her wrist. This humble accessory, she tells IPS, is her most treasured possession.....
Muzaffarpur, Bihar, May 3, 2014: A social worker contesting the Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar is seeking vote in the name of social cause of making society defecation free. Akshay Verma, who has been facilitating construction of toilet in household....
New Delhi, Oct. 30, 2013: At a time when Nitish Kumar and his party JD(U) are exploring their political options, with Kumar participating in Left convention on Wednesday, the Congress appears to be making all effort to reach out to the Bihar CM. ....
New Delhi, Oct. 18, 2013: Gujrat chief minister Narendra Modi may have talked about placing the priority of building toilets before building temples, but one of his major critics, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar plans to overtake all states on this fron....
Ranchi, June 28, 2013: Lending support to the NirmalBharatAbhiyan (NBA), a community-led total sanitation programme initiated by the Government of India, Geneva-based Global Sanitation Fund (GSF), has decided to extend financial help to three states in....
May 21, 2013: Young girls in rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are yet to switch over to the use of sanitary napkins during menstruation whereas in Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Odisha, the use of sanitary napkins for better hygiene is really catching up....
New Delhi, May 15, 2013: The Annual Plan for the year 2013-14 for Bihar was finalized here today at a meeting between Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Bihar, Sh. Nitish Kumar. The plan size has been ag....
Patna, Sept. 19, 2012: Irked at the failure of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) to ensure regular lifting of garbage in different parts of the city and to solve the problem of waterlogging following rain, the Patna high court on Tuesday decided to monito....
Bhagalpur, Feb 19, 2012: The disposal of garbage in urban areas under its jurisdiction has been a cause of concern for the Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC). But it may not be of a cause of anxiety in the near future if the BMC's plan to produce elect....
